2023 Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
46
Degrees Awarded
$27,600
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Digital Communication for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Radio, Television & Digital Communication is the 61st most popular major in the country with 17,669 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, radio, television and digital communication graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,775 and had an average of $24,244 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 308 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,064 and $35,532 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 46 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality radio, television and digital communication programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the radio, television and digital communication program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Digital Communication for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Digital Communication for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Digital Communication for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Digital Communication for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northwestern - St Paul landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 1 associates’s digital communication degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 53 of the 3,506 students enrolled at University of Northwestern - St Paul were GI Bill® students, of which 37 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,408. On top of their other funding sources, 17 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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